Smith then sought out Carl Hubbell, one of the best pitchers in
big-league history.
Baseball's whitewash: sportswriter Wendell Smith exposes Major League Baseball's big lie
Spackman now knows someone with just about every major-league team, and prime seats await her whenever she visits
big-league cities.
Take me out to the Coast League
Former
big-league closer Jason Isringhausen was able to return to baseball after three Tommy Johns, but he doesn't count his second--it was the result of his own carelessness following his second procedure.
"Tommy John" surgery: more pitchers are going through the procedure a second time, and aside from the mental and physical toll it takes on players, the question being addressed is why are so many multiple operations necessary?
Clemens struck out his first
big-league hitter in 1984, his first year in the major leagues.
Congratulations, Roger
Tomalia, the developer of starburst dendrimers, has become the most vocal promoter of
big-league chemistry.
Trekking in the molecular forest: entering a new league, scientists create enormous tree-like molecules
The club Wednesday finally announced its list of players who will be in
big-league camp on minor-league contracts, and it's a big list of 27 players, including veterans and prospects from the minor-league system.
Dundee-Crown High grad among Cubs nonroster invitees
Which is not to say that Daniel Nava is headed for Cooperstown, but he is doing a heck of Boggs impersonation to begin his
big-league career.
Nava rescues shaky Lackey; Rookie stays on hitting tear
Fiction fans would do well hunt down Out at the Old Ball count of
big-league life, or Patricia Nell Warren's The Front Runner (1974; Wildcat, $21.95), the godfather of all homo-jock literature, about a gay track coach and the star runner who becomes his lover.
Word games
"Big Lee" Smith (6-foot-5, 220 pounds) has been a mainstay at the Cubs annual fan convention in January in recent years, and he spent his first eight of 18 seasons on the North Side, recording 180 of his 478
big-league saves with the Cubs.
Reliever Smith would love to go in with Cubbie cap
In 243
big-league games, he has hit .287 with 13 home runs and 92 RBIs.
There's a short list for the Sox
In 36
big-league games, he has made nine starts, going 6-5 with a 3.16 ERA.
Masterson settles in with big club
La Stella led the major leagues in pinch hits (24) and pinch-hit batting average (.312), while his 11 RBI tied for the
big-league high.
Cubs trade La Stella to Angels
Buchholz's 2008
big-league season ended in Baltimore Aug.
Buchholz shines on road back
"Obviously, we made some very high-profile moves in the first year and you're then in the position of having some young guys develop at the
big-league level and having a need to be patient for players to develop at the minor-league level.
Hahn sees brighter days ahead for White Sox
On April 16, just weeks after learning he didn't make the White Sox's
big-league roster out of spring training, Cordell slammed into the center- field wall at BB & T Ballpark in Charlotte.
Cordell finally gets his chance with Sox